Title: 顶级掠食者 (Alpha Predator)
Author：水千丞 (ShuiQianCheng)
Translator: 月野 見事 (TsukinoMigoto @ kin0monogatari)
Protagonists ：沈岱 (Shen Dai -MC), 瞿末予 (Qu Moyu -ML)
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No matter how uncomfortable Shen Dai felt, his face remained calm: “How to confirm? I don’t know him at all.”
“Ask him directly, try to provoke him, and observe his reaction. Both Qu Chengchen and him are wary of me, and it is not suitable for me to get too close to an Omega that has been marked, but you, I believe he will come to you on his own accord, he will be as curious about you as Qu Chengchen is.”
When Qu Moyu said this, the coldness in his expression and eyes made Shen Dai doubt for a while, is this really the person who had saved him twice? He whispered, “Mr. Qu, I don’t know how to do this.”
“For a top-level Omega, it’s a humiliation to only get a temporary mark of the target. If you expose him, he will probably be angry.”
Shen Dai felt more and more chills down his spine: “What if you guessed wrong? What if Qu Chengchen marked him permanently?”
“Then you’ll see a reasonable response as well.”
Shen Dai was silent for a moment: “Okay.” He couldn’t refuse Qu Moyu at all, every word this man said was undoubtedly an order for him.
“This is a request for you that is beyond the scope of the contract. In exchange, you can also make a request.”
“…” Qu Moyu has always followed the essence of ‘business’ in his dealings with him, and this meal was not even out of a gesture of need for his help, it was just that Qu Moyu was only willing to serve him out of his busy schedule due to ‘business’.
“Don’t forget what I said last time, now you have more chips to bargain at the table.”
Shen Dai’s heart beat a series of drumbeats. He didn’t know if Qu Moyu really didn’t understand, or if he pretended not to understand, he only had a steel shovel in his hand, and when he saw the real chips piled up on the opposite side, how can he dare to even ‘bet at the table’? What confidence did he need to have to make a request? Even if he pushed all his chips in, he can only win a few more unimportant points, that’s all.
So he cautiously put forward a ‘request’: “Can I add your WeChat?”
Qu Moyu narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Shen Dai with a more questioning look.
Shen Dai immediately explained: “I really can’t think of anything for a while. Since you said it like that, can you give me a chance to delay my requirement? I don’t usually see you, but when I think about it, I can tell you right away. For example, that time I also suddenly thought of going home for the weekend.” He paused, then added, “I won’t bother you casually.”
The corners of Qu Moyu’s lips lifted slightly, and Shen Dai’s heart skipped a beat. The almost untraceable smile on the other side’s face seemed to be a little that of a mocking, or maybe it was only because of his own guilty conscience.
“Of course.” Qu Moyu pushed his phone to Shen Dai.
Back in his room, Shen Dai’s heartbeat had not completely calmed down. He looked at Qu Moyu’s avatar. It was a dark grey, rough, weather-beaten tree bark. The texture of the ravines clearly had the aura of rugged rocks in the mountains. Every cracked and deep valley hidden an incomprehensible story.
Shen Dai’s first reaction was that this was an avatar that people like Qu Moyu would use.
But what kind of person is Qu Moyu? He is the one who people looked up to from the public’s perspective. He is also the one he had held on to tightly three years ago. And he is also the one who is quite in close contact with him now. But he is all different. He only shows a little but hides more of himself. This person is unfathomable.
Shen Dai clicked into Qu Moyu’s circle of friends with expectation, and was not surprised to find a monotonous horizontal line. He felt that Qu Moyu was not blocking him, but that the place was empty and there was nothing.
But he was still happy that he could get a little closer to Qu Moyu and that he could contact him at any time. He knew that these thoughts were dangerous. People shouldn’t think about things that couldn’t belong to them, but it wasn’t that he took the initiative to approach them. He was dragged here. His light was so close, seducing him with its brightness and warmth, how many options does he have left?
Shen Dai knew that sooner or later he would face You Xinghai and his half-brother whom had never met before but could only see from various videos posted online at random times.
The so-called wealthy family is really a slave to formalism. Both parties clearly know what’s going on between him and Qu Moyu’s marriage, and they have to go through the meaningless things like visiting relatives, just like Qu Moyu must let him live in Qu’s house. It is just for others to see.
When You Xinghai saw him, he showed a fake affectionate expression, as if he was afraid that Qu Moyu would think he was too disqualified as a substitute: “Ah Dai, you’re home.”
Shen Dai endured his disgust and called out “Father”, then his eyes crossed You Xinghai and saw the person behind him.
Even if many photos and videos about him are posted all over the Internet, even if Shen Dai thinks that he has been forced to appreciate this person’s beautiful face and beautiful life from various angles, it is still not as shocking as the moment he actually sees him.
You Baiyue is as beautiful as a doll modelled by an AI, as if even the radian of the bangs is the optimal solution selected by the algorithm many times, but when he laughs, people find that he is a real human being.
You Baiyue is smiling in his direction, of course, this smile is for Qu Moyu.
“Brother Yu.” You Baiyue walked over, naturally and briskly meeting Qu Moyu’s gaze, without the slightest timidity, “It’s been a while.”
What kind of familiarity or courage it took for an Omega to be able to look at an S-class Alpha so calmly, this is not a psychological problem for him at all, it is a physiological problem, just like how people can’t help but to be afraid when they see a tiger.
Qu Moyu smiled and said, “I see you often online.”
“Don’t make fun of me, I’ll only make some money from promotions. Can I compare to Brother Qu, who has a lot of money in daily life?” You Baiyue’s eyes were smiling and charming, enthusiastic, and inadvertently provocative, and his eyes shifted from Qu Moyu to Shen Dai, his expression was still calm, “Hello, Shen Dai.”
Shen Dai smiled and nodded: “Hello, nice to meet you.” He smelled a hint of tuberose’s pheromone, a sweet and extravagant taste. It smells good even for him. Let alone an Alpha… But at the same time, he also smelled the scent that belonged to the alpha pheromone of Qu Chengchen’s hazel.
You Baiyue looked at Shen Dai quietly with a look of alienation and politeness, and smiled, as if he had something to say but decided not to.
Shen Dai didn’t think he was an overly sensitive person, but You Baiyue’s attitude might be even more contemptuous than the embarrassment that Qu Chengchen deliberately directly gave him. Of course, he can also understand, he believes that You Baiyue’s feelings for him are also very complicated.
“Where’s Chengchen?” Qu Moyu asked.
“He’ll be a little late.” You Baiyue glanced at his phone, “It’s almost time for him to get here.”
“You guys talk first, President You and I will talk about something elese.” Qu Moyu made a ‘please’ gesture towards You Xinghai.
You Xinghai said, “Xiaoyue, take Adai to have a rest.”
“OK.”
After the two left, Shen Dai and You Baiyue were left on the spot, and the atmosphere froze for a while. Shen Dai is a person who is not afraid of embarrassment at all. He just stood there blankly. He did promise Qu Moyu to test You Baiyue, but no matter how, he didn’t know how to start a conversation, You Baiyue had to let go of his guard and speak first or else, he won’t speak
Sure enough, You Baiyue started to speak first, “Want me to show you to the relatives?”
Shen Dai glanced at the relatives who were present, and they all looked at him quietly, but no one took the initiative to step forward. Of course, he was just an illegitimate child who used to be abandoned by You Xinghai. Who would really want to have a relationship with him?
“That’ll be too much trouble.” Shen Dai said.
“I heard that you work at Xingzhou Rare Earth Research Institute? How great.”
“No, it’s just an ordinary job.”
You Baiyue tilted his head to look at him and said with a smile, “Are you afraid to look at me, or do you hate me?”
Shen Dai looked at You Baiyue’s eyes and smiled politely: “No, it’s just that this is the first time we met, and we haven’t found a suitable topic yet.”
“‘Suitable topic’.” You Baiyue seemed to have heard a joke and laughed, “There are quite a lot of topics between us, such as the relationship between our parents, our relationship, and our relationship with the Qu family brothers. In fact, isn’t it amazing? We have so many relationships entangled between us, but today is the first time we met.”
Shen Dai nodded, thinking it made sense: “Indeed, what topic do you want to talk about first?”
“You don’t have anything to ask me?” You Baiyue asked back.
Shen Dai pondered for a moment: “Why do you abandon your marriage? This is what you think I should be curious about.”
“Aren’t you curious?”
“I’m curious, but I don’t like prying into other people’s privacy.”
You Baiyue raised his eyebrows lightly: “You are…a bit interesting.”
“I respect your privacy, so I hope you’ll respect mine in return.” Shen Dai looked at You Baiyue lightly, “Why don’t you just ask me directly, what do you want to know from me? And I’ll see if I can tell you.”
“It’s really convenient to talk to smart people.” You Baiyue smiled, “I want to know if you and Brother Yu have had sex yet?”
“No.”
“Do you want him to mark you?”
“We are in a contract relationship, I believe you are very clear about.”
“You avoid answering my question.”
Shen Dai frowned slightly: “I’ve already answered a question for you, now it’s my turn to ask, why did you abandon your marriage?” From the perspective of most people, no one would not want to marry an S-class Alpha.
You Baiyue’s eyes drifted aimlessly into the distance: “Why, he didn’t tell you?”
“No.”
“He said he would never give his own mark.” You Baiyue pursed her lips slightly, mockingly.
Shen Dai was not surprised by this answer.
“If I can’t even get a mark, then why should I marry him?”
“…Is it that important?”
“Of course the mark of an ordinary Alpha is not important. Maybe the three generations of the ancestors are no more than a house in the city, but the Qu family’s mark is…” You Baiyue blinked at Shen Dai.
“Then have you got what you wanted now?” Shen Dai looked at You Baiyue, his eyes were calm, and he had a sense of detachment, “What Qu Chengchen gave you was just a temporary mark.”
You Baiyue immediately narrowed his eyes.
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Next Update: today
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*Translator’s Note: Please ignore any grammatical errors. Lol. -K
